"I am today judged on my abilities and my character "

So is your support for that Simon Legree clone currently in the White House.

There are both legal and cultural definitions of adulthood. In some countries I've been to, a 12 year old boy can keep an entire 100 acre farm running smoothly and a 12 year old girl can take care of an entire household.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"

I never have judged Trump based on his Youppi-colored facial skin. As for content of his character. As Winston Wolf once said, "Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character."

And just because one has followers does not make one a leader (I said that). Just ask George Donner.

Interesting story.
What's his DR handle?"

Something like RCADE. I don't think he posts here too often anymore, tho'

"The old "I'm deaf from the war" technique! Classic.
They were just ignoring you guys..."

There's a Gulf War vet at the facility where my dad lives who is in his mid-60s. He sometimes uses a notepad for people to write notes in order to communicate with him, just like Beethoven did. Now he is completely deaf-- the result of a shell from a BMP-1 hitting his Bradley. His cochlear implant failed a few years after they gave it to him.

He says, "You know what? They are right-- war is hell, but my life afterwards has been far, far worse." I tend to believe him.. He doesn't say much else. He just sits there and plays Minecraft all day.

I hope Kenny's Psoriasis is all better now.

Sound and pressure waves from ballistic missile blasts can cause inner ear trauma which may cause vertigo, tinnitus, hyperacusis and/or permanent hearing loss. My guess is that is what these soldiers have-- it usually isn't reported right away because they think it will go away in a few hours or a couple of days. It usually doesn't. It will last until they die.

Most of the vets where my Dad is currently living have one or more of these issues except the vertigo-- including my Dad. Currently, hearing loss related issues and tinnitus are the number one cause of disability in the military.

As a kid my Dad's favorite word was, "What?" with "Huh?" coming in a close second. He also complained of a constant buzzing and throbbing in his left ear, which he described as constant electrical zapping and jungle drums. He told me once that that was his punishment for going somewhere he shouldn't have gone to fight people that he shouldn't have fought.

"So what was the context? "

Modi called Trump "Fredo" and Trump got extremely angry, shouting, "I am not Fredo! He was DUMB! And I'm SMAHT! You here me?!? I'm the DON! CALL ME THE DON!" so Modi said, "OK, I'm sorry, DON Fanucci."

And Trump said, "That's much better!"

"Nerf, don't feel bad for us"

I can't help it, especially since the local humane society doesn't yet accept hopelessly infected Trumptards for possible adoption or eventual euthanization.

I kinda feel bad for all the bleating Trumptards who got on the bandwagon a few years back and are still clutching it as it is hurtling downhill, without brakes, into a gaping tarn of fetid excrement because they absolutely refuse to believe their pristine political judgement could have somehow been so completely flawed and erroneous. I must admit, back in mid-2016 I found Trump agreeable because I felt he would destroy the GOP (which he effectively has) as well as bring a breath of fresh air into the Washington "swamp" but I quickly realized (fortunately before the election) that he was just going to bring in a different shade and smell of the same pile of ----. The only thing he ever did right was keeping Hillary out of the White House but the price has been steep. But I also believe the pus must be brought to the surface and drawn out before any change can be affected and Trump and his cult of stupidity is certainly doing that-- on BOTH sides.

"but rap music is not rock n roll"

That's like saying your first cousin ain't family.

You need to research the beginnings of both Rock-n-Roll and Rap. Different branches, same tree.

"Please tell me what about this you disagree with. Did he not "joke about a former president being in hell""

Most US presidents are residing in hell. My edumacated guess is that the souls of the following presidents are currently being used as reusable combustibles for Satan's own eternal marshmallow roasting competition:

#5
#7
#9
#10
#11
#12
#14
#15
#17
#20
#21
#22
#25
#28
#29
#32
#33
#35
#36
#37
#40
#41

He's retiring?

Damn. We share the same birthday-- I am getting old!

It's a shame Judas Priest isn't in there. I have listened to their early output from 1974-1986 (Rocka Rolla - Turbo) fairly recently and it is really quite remarkable. They are certainly not just a bunch of albums filled with stuff similar to "Breaking the Law". They have dabbled in prog rock, punk, metal, thrash, blues, and synth pop and have show command in each genre. Their slow long stuff is just as good as their fast short stuff. The lyrics are always interesting-- a varied array of gothic, psychedelic, dystopian, sinister and the campy. Rob Halford's voice is one of the more recognizable and better ones in RR history.

"1953 is before most people currently alive in both nations were born"

The vast majority of current Iranians have been directly affected by those actions and the ones thereafter. The statue of limitations on crimes against humanity is fairly broad. There are still people being arrested internationally and tried for crimes they committed during the Holocaust back in the 40s.

"I believe if Iran cooled down their proxy wars through out the middle east and gave up their nuclear program we would leave them be"

In other words, if Iran ceases to do what America already is doing (threatening other countries with nukes and starting wars in other places around the globe), then they theoretically might be left alone-- even though they had neither a nuclear program nor engaged in proxy wars back in 1953 when America came in and meddled in their internal affairs. The tendency for America NOT to mind its own business and leave countries alone is self-evident. You are either very naive or just saying what you are saying to get out of an debate that you cannot come close to winning.

I would suggest you rethink your ideas about America's foreign policy vis-a-vis Iran and the Middle east in general.

"Iran shot down a plane while they were attacking us"

America effectively declared war on Iran back in 1953 when they decided to help overthrow the democratically elected leader in a coup, installing a puppet that was responsible for years of oppression and death with the blind eye of America turned away. A good case could be made in a court of law that everything Iran has done since that time could be considered self-defense. At no time has Iran ever attacked or threatened the American mainland. Iran does not have dozens of military bases surrounding America with nuclear missiles pointing at homeland targets, including cultural ones, putting millions of ordinary people several seconds away from annihilation. Every one of those acts is an effective act of war against Iran. I will also note that America continues to pollute its politics by allowing Israel undue influence over its foreign policy decision-making. Trump, in his idiocy, has allowed himself to be influenced by those who place Israel's interests over America's.

You are defending an irrational foreign policy that has been irrational for over three generations. Your pimp Trump is only the latest moron to get sucked into it. You gladly follow along.

It's in America's best interest for the future to change gears, reduce presence and ultimately and get out of there. A few years back, it was thought that Trump might actually help with that. But now he has taken himself and his devoted turd polishers down the crapper and just made it near impossible to avoid further escalation/conflict.

"So no other party has any agency or accountability if Trump or the US are involved"

Do you read?

It's always our fault?

The thief is only blamed when he actually steals. The murderer is only blamed when he actually murders. Get it?

"Don't take this the wrong way, are you female?"

I wish I was, then I could say that a girl was beating the living ---- out of you in a debate.

"There is no rational way to lay the blame for the plane being shot down on the US or Trump"

That's only because you are completely and hopelessly IRRATIONAL; you have been conditioned to view anything other than the complete idiocy pouring out the piehole of your cult leader as IRRATIONAL.

Your blanket support for Trump, who deals with things beyond his comprehension in a completely irrational manner, proves this. I don't really have to.

Legally speaking, as far as the plane downing, Iran is fully responsible for the CIVIL liability that has been incurred from the unintentional result of what they deemed an act of self defense, but overall, the Trump administration shoulders a portion of the criminal liability for putting Iran into a crisis of self-defense inside their own home (i.e. their own country). If Trump was an individual in this country, and had plainly shown intent to cause grievous harm to someone inside their own home, then he could be held criminally liable for any casualty that was incurred during the said homeowner's act of self defense.

I understand as a boot-licking lackey of Trump you do not find the law rational. It is simply something to be trampled on whenever necessary.

"You must not be familiar with Colin Powell."

He didn't start a stupid, pointless war. He only served in them.

Reading comprehension, as they say, is fundamental.

No one ever says blacks are the problem, but blacks commit something like 60-75% of crimes.
#2 | Posted by BOAZ
"

From the Random House 2020 Book of Obvious Facts: "100% of people starting stupid pointless wars in Iraq that kill, maim or oppress countless hundreds of thousands of innocent people are white males."

But oh yeah, that colored dude down my block who flashed some steel and pocketed a couple of Swisher Sweets from Sameh the deli owner and occasional kif peddler-- he bad!

"True there are many to take his place, but with Trump in charge they may temper their actions because instead of pallet-o-appeasement-cash they can expect a drone strike."

Can we can also expect more accidental plane shoot downs with hundreds of casualties?

Definitely bone-chilling. Poor little snowflakes. I hope they feel better now.

"But dont the people of the town have a right to govern as they see fit?"

It's a beautiful thing to watch Andrea follow Nulli around the website and give him love letters in the form of Funny and Newsworthy flags. Bromance is in the air! XXX OOO :-)

When I was in little league, we were taught never to steal signs.

But we did switch the signs of the women's and men's lavatories in the visitor's locker room once...